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US 10,850,698 B2Granted
Flexible vehicle door with airbag
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorMarkus Koelsch
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Abstract
A side door for a motor vehicle is formed from a flexible material such as a fabric and has a chamber formed therein which houses an occupant protection side airbag or curtain airbag.
Claims13
An apparatus comprising:
- a fabric door adapted for attachment to a motor vehicle for repeated movement between a closed position wherein it covers a side door opening defined by a body of the vehicle and an open position wherein it allows an occupant to enter and exit a passenger space of the vehicle through the door opening, the fabric door having
- a chamber defined therein and a tear-seam oriented toward the passenger space of the vehicle when the fabric door is in the closed position;
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- an airbag housed in the chamber when in a non-inflated state and inflatable by a gas generator.
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A fabric side door for a motor vehicle comprising:
- a panel formed of a flexible material and adapted for fastening to a vehicle body to at least partially cover a side door opening formed therein when the door is in a closed position and repeatedly movable to an open position wherein it allows an occupant to enter and exit a passenger space of the vehicle through the side door opening, the panel having an opaque section and a transparent window portion disposed above the opaque section, the window portion having a chamber formed therein;
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- an airbag housed in the chamber in a non-inflated state and inflatable by a gas generator.
A motor vehicle comprising:
- a body defining a side door opening;
- a side door comprising at least one panel formed of a non-rigid material and secured to the body to cover at least a portion of the side door opening when in a closed position and repeatedly movable to an open position wherein it allows an occupant to enter and exit a passenger space of the vehicle through the side door opening;
- a chamber defined within the at least one panel;
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- an occupant protection airbag housed in a non-inflated condition within the chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.